Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Nillgaid, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Philip Nillgaid registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Philip Nillgaid
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Nillgaid
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsPhilip Nillgaid reported 24 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Austin County's entries fill 65 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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